Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ The Cure ❯ The Curse That is the Cure ( Chapter 1 )

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the songs in this story nor do I own DBZ, but I do happen to own the life of the main female character in this story so please tell me if you think you could use it for your own story. You have my permission to use it, just so long as I know about it first. Just e-mail me ok?

Author's Notes: This story is going to have a lot of meaning for me in it and I'm going to have Vegeta way out of character in this one so please bear with me…I've been hurting for the past couple of days due to an important decision I need to make. Also, this story is very loosely based on the movie Pure Country.



Chapter One: The curse that is the cure…





Leaning back in her bed, Kathi stared off into the distance, basically it was a stark white wall in a hospital room, one that she had been to many times in the past month. This time her entire arm was in a cast and the side of her face was covered with bruises from a fight she'd recently had with her fiancé. Sighing, she looked down at her good hand and briefly studied her metallic blue nail polish as though it were the most interesting thing in the world. He always knew how to apologize by crying huge crocodile tears and saying that it would never happen again and then she would come home and for that entire month afterwards, she was treated like she was a goddess. But she knew, deep down in her heart, that it wouldn't last long…it never did.



"It's times like these I wish I were the tin man, you could hurt me all you wanted and I'd never even know. And I'd give anything just to be the tin man, then I wouldn't have a heart and I wouldn't miss you so…"



Staring out the window of his tour bus, Vegeta sighed and wondered, for a second, if his life was really meant to be like this. Constant travel was a hassle and he was growing tired of the constant surprises they found in his bus every time he finished a concert. He needed a break and definitely more than a week to stay in the real world. Getting up, he made his way towards the back of his bus where his manager and his best friend were talking quietly to each other about the next concert they were having in the Hampton Coliseum. "I need a break."

Looking up, her wide blue eyes unblinking, Bulma opened her perfect shaped mouth in surprise then closed it before looking back down at the hectic schedule she had arranged for the man standing in front of her. "But Vegeta…"

"Can it woman, I really need a break for this shit."

"Shit? You're a god and you call all of this shit?"

Shrugging, he nodded then crouched next to the two people before him. "If I don't get a break I will go completely crazy."

"Fine the, how does next month sound…maybe for a week or two?"

"No, I want it after this concert and I want to be somewhere small…a place that no one has heard of."

"Well…we can't do that, you know that you're needed to make an appearance next week."

"Whatever, screw that appearance because I'm going to leave right after the concert."

"But…"

"Don't even say one word, Kakarot, get up and help me pack a bag."

"Sure thing Vegeta." Getting out of his seat, Kakarot followed the much shorter man further into the bus and disappeared into the room back there.

Sighing, Bulma looked down at her, now ruined plans, then grinned and grabbed her cell phone to call a good friend of hers that she knew could talk her client out of his decision.





"I've been telling my dreams to the scarecrow…about the places that I'd like to see. I said friend do you think that I'll ever get there, but he just stands there smiling back at me…"



She was finally released from the hospital and allowed to go back home, where she was waited on hand and foot by her fiancé, Cowboy. Sighing tiredly, she got comfortable in her bed and wondered what life would have been like if she hadn't decided to move in with him. Maybe she would have met a nice man who really cared about her and took great care of her…shaking her head at that thought, she closed her eyes and let the painkillers take full effect on her body, dragging her into a restless slumber.





Another author's note: Special thanks to SSJprincess for reviewing almost all of my stories and for reviewing the scenes from different stories, she's one of the greatest people I think and if you haven't read her story, please read it. Golden Crown of the Heavens.

Chibi-Dacra: I want to thank all the nice people that gave me lollipops and candies, they're my favorite people in the whole wide world and if anyone sees my dad, can you tell him that I want to go home now?

Kitten: BOY, YOU BETTER RUN FAST BECAUSE AS SOON AS I FIND YOU I'M GOING TO BEAT YOUR BUTT FOR DESTROYING MY FAVORITE COFFEE CUP!!!!

Chibi-Dacra: EEP!!!! (runs as fast as his feet can carry him)